missort
verb
mis·sort
| \ ˌmis-ˈsȯrt
\
\
variants:
or mis-sort
missorted
or mis-sorted;
missorting
or mis-sorting
Definition of missort
(Entry 1 of 2)
: to sort (something) badly or incorrectly
… the airline claims the system performed miserably during a test period in December, missorting huge numbers of bags and dumping them in the wrong location.— Arthur Hodges and Jeffrey Leib
missort
noun
mis·sort
| \ ˈmis-ˌsȯrt
\
\
variants:
or mis-sort
plural missorts
or mis-sorts
Definition of missort (Entry 2 of 2)
: an item (such as a piece of mail) that is incorrectly sorted
a box of missorts at the post office
also
: an instance of missorting something
If a two-person team achieved no missorts for an entire week, we were each rewarded … — Victor Lipman